diff --git a/reana_workflow_controller/consumer.py b/reana_workflow_controller/consumer.py
index 3f37027e..0d55e8ad 100644
--- a/reana_workflow_controller/consumer.py
+++ b/reana_workflow_controller/consumer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of REANA.
-# Copyright (C) 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 CERN.
 #
 # REANA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
@@ -87,22 +87,19 @@ def on_message(self, body, message):
                 Session.query(Workflow)
                 .filter(
                     Workflow.id_ == workflow_uuid,
-                    Workflow.status.in_(ALIVE_STATUSES),
                 )
                 .one_or_none()
             )
-            if workflow:
+            if workflow and workflow.status in ALIVE_STATUSES:
                 next_status = body_dict.get("status")
                 if next_status:
                     next_status = RunStatus(next_status)
                     logging.info(
-                        " [x] Received workflow_uuid: {0} status: {1}".format(
-                            workflow_uuid, next_status
-                        )
+                        f" [x] Received workflow_uuid: {workflow_uuid} status: {next_status}"
                     )
 
-                logs = body_dict.get("logs") or ""
                 if workflow.can_transition_to(next_status):
+                    logs = body_dict.get("logs") or ""
                     _update_workflow_status(workflow, next_status, logs)
                     if "message" in body_dict and body_dict.get("message"):
                         msg = body_dict["message"]
@@ -119,17 +116,21 @@ def on_message(self, body, message):
                         f" from status {workflow.status} to"
                         f" {next_status}."
                     )
-            elif workflow_uuid:
+            elif workflow and workflow.status not in ALIVE_STATUSES:
                 logging.warning(
-                    "Event for not alive workflow {workflow_uuid} received:\n"
-                    "{body}\n"
-                    "Ignoring ...".format(workflow_uuid=workflow_uuid, body=body)
+                    f"Event for not alive workflow {workflow.id_} with DB status {workflow.status} received:\n"
+                    f"{body}\nIgnoring..."
+                )
+            else:
+                logging.warning(
+                    f"Event for workflow {workflow_uuid} that doesn't exist in DB received:\n"
+                    f"{body}\nIgnoring..."
                 )
         except REANAWorkflowControllerError as rwce:
             logging.error(rwce, exc_info=True)
         except SQLAlchemyError as sae:
             logging.error(
-                f"Something went wrong while querying the database for workflow: {workflow.id_}"
+                f"Something went wrong while querying the database for workflow: {workflow_uuid}"
             )
             logging.error(sae, exc_info=True)
         except Exception as e: